Monthly Archives: July 2007

Jewel was a good hen. She laid lots of pretty brown eggs. She got along well with Corabelle. She did not fuss much. She loved apple cores and cantaloupe and scratching straw and taking dust baths behind the gardenia. I … Continue reading →

My parents are heroes. They came over and helped me all the way. I couldn’t bring myself to look up close at the wound, so I asked my Mom to do that part. Daddy lifted the coop roof and I … Continue reading →

I’ve always said baby animals of any kind are always so dang cute–the exception being baby flies. Well, Jewel’s coon wound is getting worse, and I’m going to get up close and personal with baby flies soon. Thank God my … Continue reading →

Ast 1:18 a.m. this morning, I awoke to a clatter outside. I had just about decided it was nothing when I heard my chickens crying frantically. I pulled on some brown suede boots and a winter robe and grabbed my … Continue reading →

I have been having a rotten day. I totally screwed up a copyright page in a book (thank heavens my coworker caught it in blues), my washing machine is broken and flooded the kitchen, and I slipped and fell in … Continue reading →

Before lots of brown paint . . . . . . after lots of brown paint. It’s pretty dark, but I really like it. Anything would be an improvement. Next I want to get tile. I found this kind at … Continue reading →

As I mentioned, the Professor brought me back some beautiful dark green wool yarn from the Isle of Skye. I want to knit him something nice with it, probably a scarf, probably with a Celtic knot motif. Actually, probably with … Continue reading →

There was a birthday smash for Anne Marie and Carrie Friday night in one of the karaoke rooms at Shokitini, a new Japanese restaurant downtown. So much fun. The room had sofas around both sides of one end of the … Continue reading →

I am very excited to have my new, real, adult living room furniture, and now my brain is spinning with ideas to finally decorate my living room. And I need your advice. First, I had this wicker chair, which I … Continue reading →